dendel

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Maltese

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Root
d-n-d-l
5 terms

Etymology

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Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Iraqi Arabic دندل (dandal, to hang, to dangle). The Formal Arabic form is Arabic دَلْدَلَ (daldala, to dangle).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dendel (imperfect jdendel, past participle mdendel, verbal noun dendil) (transitive)

  1. to hang; to hang up
  2. to kill by hanging; to hang
    Synonym: għallaq

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of dendel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dendilt dendilt dendel dendilna dendiltu dendlu
f dendlet
imperfect m ndendel ddendel jdendel ndendlu ddendlu jdendlu
f ddendel
imperative dendel dendlu
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